The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
After stiff opposition from activists, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has scrapped its ambitious project of conducting the tree census through Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global Information System (GIS). Instead, it is now planning to opt for the manual census done with the help of digital photography.
The Centre has proposed a ban on non-recyclable laminated multi-layered plastics and metallic pouches used for packing shampoo, gutkha, pan masala and foodstuffs like namkeen and biscuits. The environment ministry has invited comments from the stakeholders on the draft rules for the Plastics (manufacture, usage and waste management) Rules 2009 …
Garden city could soon become concrete city. Bangalore has lost around 50,000 trees in recent years to infrastructure development and nearly 300 more will soon go for the Metro rail project. Environmentalists and citizens fear that rampant felling could cost the city its 'green heritage' tag. Their fear is supported …
Several non-government organisations (NGOs) in the capital have decided to stage a protest against what they alleged was a misleading campaign by the government that the Commonwealth Games2010 was going to be the first "Green Games" ever. The protest will be staged on the occasion of a government function for …
The Delhi government's move to ban plastic bags in the national capital has got a major boost with a Delhi court slapping a fine of Rs 15,000 on a stationery trader for allegedly not obeying the law. This is the first punitive action under the notification issued by the Delhi …
KOCHI: As the Kochi Metro dream comes closer to reality, environmentalists in the city are in a celebratory mood as the multi-crore project will bring along with it a green cover management plan as part of the compensatory afforestation programme. But they are also concerned by the fact that the …
Aloysius Xavier Lopez Giving way: The trees which were removed on Swami Sivananda Salai. CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation has started removing 261 trees on roads around the new Legislative Assembly Complex construction site. This is being done as part of the road widening project for better traffic management once the …
Chandigarh The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has decided to hand over the maintenance of seven green belts in different sectors to private contractors. Tenders for green belts in sectors 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 7 and 17 have already been invited. At present, the civic body maintains 49 green belts and …
NEW DELHI: The concerted campaign against use of firecrackers in the Capital produced mixed results this Diwali. While noise levels at some locations in the city was higher, the air pollution level was generally found to be lower compared with last Diwali owing to favourable meteorological conditions. The only exception …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to retrofit 100 existing buildings above 10,000 sq. ft. to make them energy efficient as part of an effort to make the Capital green and eco-friendly. The agreement was signed by …
Task of planting the saplings has been taken up by the Forest Department SOCIAL CONCERN: Dharmapala Swamy of Adi Chunchanagiri Shakhamath watering a saplinng planted by him near Hampankatta in Mangalore on Sunday. MANGALORE: Plans are afoot to grow 2,000 flowering plants in the city. Vijaya Kumar, District Forest Officer, …
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, Oct 12, DHNS: Things are hotting up in the City. Several parts of Bangalore are witnessing an increase in the land surface temperature (LST) by as much as two degrees Celcius over the past few years, a study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) …
Planning Sustainable Cities reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints and conflicts therein, and identifies innovative approaches that are more responsive to current challenges of urbanization. It notes that traditional approaches to urban planning (particularly in developing countries) have largely failed to promote equitable, efficient and sustainable human …
S Lalitha, Bangalore: The lush-green 100 acres of the Railway Quarters in Yelahanka has just got greener. Asha, a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya seen with her sapling in the garden of her house. DH PHOTOA novel initiative to make children emotionally attached and feel protective towards trees has proved to …
Pandurang Mhaske / DNA In what is probably the first case of its kind in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued a show-cause notice to the builder of a mega slum redevelopment project in Worli. Reason: the project, the Mahalaxmi SRA Cooperative Society, does not have the …
Bhuj: Semi-arid landscape around Bhuj and adjoining towns is well on its way to metamorphosing into a land with high-rises vying for space in the sky, five years down the line. Real estate developers aim to design the land on the lines of Sharjah, market sources said. However, while this …
